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Clint Eastwood has cast three real-life heroes in his movie The 15:17 to Paris . The film tells the real-life story of three men whose fearless act turned them into heroes during a highspeed railway ride. Eastwood will produce the film, which includes the friendships the 3 have had since childhood. Apart from the three courageous men, the other casts of the film will include Jenna Fischer , Judy Greer and Ray Corasani. Read More »

USA lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by US intelligence agencies that Russian Federation hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign. Read More »

In audio of the incident, the Air Canada pilot spoke to the control tower to double-check its assigned landing runway. Runways and taxiways have specifically demarcated lighting to provide visual cues to pilots to avoid such incidents, but the unsafe mix ups do happen. Read More »

The president then casually said to the prime minister that it would be helpful if Israel would "hold off on settlements for a little bit" and if the Palestinians would abandon "some of the hate they've been taught from a very young age". Mohammed Sadee, who lives in the camp, said he witnessed one of the Palestinians being shot. Aws Salameh, reported variously as being either 16 or 17 years old, died of his wounds while being treated in hospital, Jenin's hospital director said. Read More »

Moscow has already provided evidence to the United Nations (UN) that the missile Pyongyang launched on Tuesday was a mid-range, not a global ballistic missile. "It may take longer than I'd like, it may take longer than you'd like", Trump continued. Washington says the exercises are needed to maintain defenses against North Korea and United States officials say Beijing could face USA economic and trade pressure unless it does more to rein in North Korea. Read More »

Palace spent £32m on bringing the striker to south London last summer and were involved in tortuous negotiations with Liverpool for a player who was desperate to leave Anfield. The Merseysiders have already signed forwards Sandro Ramirez and Wayne Rooney this summer but they now have former Liverpool man Benteke in their sights. Read More »

Alistair Hutchins said that working on the aftermath of the London tower block blaze which killed at least 80 people, was "probably the worst incident I've ever dealt with" in his 18 years of DVI. Scores of people died when a huge fire engulfed the tower block on 14 June. Commander Stuart Cundy, who is overseeing the Met police operation following the fire at Grenfell Tower , said: 'As we all reflect upon what happened my thoughts, and those of all of us in the Met, are with those who ... Read More »

Opposition senators prevented Senate President Eunicio Oliveira and some of his allies from reaching their desks for a scheduled vote. President Michel Temer is also facing charges of taking multimillion-dollar bribes. The comments pit Temer against the man who would replace him if Congress allows the Supreme Court to advance with a recent corruption charge against the president, a vote that Maia has said he would like to hold this week. Read More »

Luther Strange aired an attack ad Wednesday against Rep. Mo Brooks , R-Huntsville, going after the congressman for not endorsing then-presidential candidate Donald Trump . To split hairs, Trump wasn't president when Brooks made the comments referenced in the ads. The only evidence Strange's team has against Brooks is that he was not on board during the primaries - when odd was also not supportive of the president - so the attacks are ringing hollow throughout the politically-in-tune ... Read More »

It had initially warned that a quarter of its London employees may have to up sticks but Mr Dimon indicated the final figure was in Brussels' hands, as its business was largely concentrated on the rest of the bloc. HSBC Holdings Plc CEO Stuart Gulliver, speaking on a panel with Dimon at the same conference, repeated his estimate that his bank will relocate as many as 1,000 London-based jobs to Paris, depending on what kind of deal the United Kingdom ultimately agrees upon with the EU. Read More »

President Trump prepares for another trip to Europe as he is set to meet with his French counterpart. The bilateral discussion will be followed by a joint press conference where President Macron and President Trump will make remarks followed by questions from the media. Read More »

The Washington State Patrol says a lockdown at the state Capitol campus in Olympia has been lifted. The agency says all operations are back to normal. Troopers will maintain an increased presence on the campus. The Capitol campus in Olympia is on lockdown. Authorities told people to remain in buildings and asked the public not to come to the campus. Read More »

In a landmark judgment, the apex court held that Markafi remains the authentic National Chairman of PDP and consequently sacked Sheriff. The panel also awarded N250, 000 cost against Sheriff. Makarfi commended PDP members and the judiciary for the fair judgement, saying PDP never lost faith in the judiciary. For Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP-Kogi), the victory is not only for Nigerians, but for Nigeria's democracy and will bring about eventual victory for PDP to unseat APC in the 2019 general ... Read More »

His 2016 percentage is fifth best among returning kickers that made at least 15 field goals last season. Herndon caught 28 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns past year and is attempting to become the first UM player to win the award since Kellen Winslow in 2003. Read More »

Today , Bach's hope that both candidates will win one of two Olympic hosting rights on offer should be fulfilled. "With Los Angeles and Paris, there are two fantastic cities from countries with a profound Olympic history", Bach said. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti , whose city hosted the Games in 1932 and 1984, said the decision was a welcome departure from what he described as the traditional "winner-takes-all" process. Read More »

Mercy also got up and said, "Many kids and many lives will be saved". It has already started some activities and the pop star said last week that the institute had completed its first surgery. "Her charity work brings her into contact with orphanages... and it was as a result of this contact that she felt compelled to fill a gap in their lives and open up her home to them", the judge said. Read More »

He says the trial is politically motivated and has strongly denied any wrongdoing. If the guilty verdict holds up on appeal, he will be barred from taking office again. Moro is one of the main protagonists in Operation Car Wash , a massive corruption probe that has sent a number of the country's top politicians to jail. Read More »

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) provided no details about the cause of death of the 36-year-old. Police are carrying out an investigation with support from the Health and Safety Executive and the IPC. "The thoughts, prayers and condolences of the whole Paralympic Movement are with Abdullah's family, friends and teammates as well as the whole of the National Paralympic Committee of the UAE". Read More »

Water overflows at a dam in East Troy. "Rainfall over the past 7 days over this area has ranged from around an inch to 2 inches in most areas". "There have been washed out roads in Clark and Chippewa counties, and a bridge was washed out in the town of Lafayette in Chippewa County", Getter said. Read More »

Police also reported that his vehicle is a black 2007 Lincoln Navigator with a Florida tag 689NFN. BREAKING: active shooter in Gardendale , AL. The incident happened in the 4100 block of Willow Bend Drive in the Peachtree Crossings community shortly after 8 a.m. Read More »

John Kennedy, a freshman Republican from Louisiana. Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have floated the idea of working with Democrats on a bill to shore up insurance markets if the BCRA fails to earn consensus among members of the party. Read More »

Morgan played centre for the Mackay Cutters during their 2013 Intrust Super Cup grand final victory, and he also filled in for Greg Inglis in the position when Inglis broke down midway through the Australian Kangaroos' win over Scotland at the 2016 Four Nations. Read More »

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh along with Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla welcomed Spain's King Felipe, 49, and Queen Letizia , 44, to Buckingham Palace for the royal couple's first-ever state visit to England. Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria Eugenie met King Alfonso on a state visit to Britain in 1905. King Felipe is set to also address Parliamentarians this afternoon. Read More »

Barnier urged Britain to send Brussels its negotiating position on all key issues ahead of the second round of formal Brexit talks with his British counterpart David Davis , which start Monday in Brussels. Another MP could be heard issuing a brief wolf whistle as Johnson concluded his comment. Michel Barnier pointedly said "I'm not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking" as he warned the March 2019 deadline for leaving the bloc is looming. Read More »

Jarrett said that the situations weren't similar due to Hernandez not legally being allowed to be shown, then said that everyone knows that the incident happened after they taped and that he thought it would further damage their brand to edit footage out. Read More »

McGregor are expected to go quickly after the on sale date later this month. The next stop on the tour will be in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday where I'm sure we will see more fireworks between the two. It was clear McGregor, who is reportedly not the A side in the fight, certainly was in the fans' eyes. The Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight might be too "yuge" for Donald Trump to miss. Read More »

That obviously turned out to be quite an important part of the match. Wade, who was also the last British woman to lift the Wimbledon trophy in 1977, watched on from the Royal Box and said she was "ultra-impressed" by Konta's "absolutely stunning performance". Read More »

But Twitter's having none of it. While others have shared their doubt about the whole Merkel agreeing claim. Ivanka serves as an unpaid adviser to her father, making her an official White House employee. Trump said that was "very standard " procedure at such an global meeting, and added that German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with him. And playing off of Trump's tweet, Clinton said : "Were you giving our country away?" "Good morning Mr. Read More »

Comey also testified Trump pressed him in a one-on-one session to drop the FBI investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn's Russian ties and said he felt he was sacked in a bid by the president to undercut the Russia probe. Read More »

Earlier on Wednesday, the hospital released the results of two tests that showed weak liver function. In 2010, while in prison, Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" - prompting an infuriated Beijing to place his wife under house arrest and freeze diplomatic ties with Norway, where the prize victor is chosen. Read More »